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Walking On The Moon: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

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Left hand Banana-peel slipRight hand Hopscotch chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

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The accompaniment with every note named, bar by bar: the bar sheet shows each note as a bar on the staff with its letter inside, so you can accompany Walking On The Moon without reading music. The left hand plays banana-peel slip (broken chord 8-8-8-8-7) and the right hand hopscotch chords.

Walking On The Moon accompaniment in letter notes

The C – Dm – Bb – C loop with banana-peel slip in the left hand and hopscotch chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC4 C4 C4 C4 Bb3
Bar 2
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4 F4+A4
LD3 D3 D3 D3 C3
Bar 3
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4 D4+F4
LBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Ab3
Bar 4
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4 E4 G4 C5 E5 G5 C6 E6 G6
LC4 C4 C4 C4 Bb3
Bar 5
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC4 C4 C4 C4 Bb3
Bar 6
Dm
RF4+A4+D5 F4+A4 F4+A4
LD3 D3 D3 D3 C3
Bar 7
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4 D4+F4
LBb3 Bb3 Bb3 Bb3 Ab3
Bar 8
C
RE4+G4+C5 E4+G4 E4+G4
LC4 C4 C4 C4 Bb3

How to read the bar sheet

The player above shows the treble staff (right hand) over the bass staff (left hand). Every note is a bar as long as it sounds, at its place on the staff, with its name inside, and the music scrolls past a line that marks now. The chord names run along the top.

Start with the left hand alone at a slow speed, then the right, then both. When the letters feel easy, try the sheet music.

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Questions about Walking On The Moon

What are the letter notes for the Walking On The Moon piano accompaniment?

Bar by bar, both hands: the bar sheet on this page names every note of the accompaniment (C4 is middle C) and plays along. The loop is C – Dm – Bb – C, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in Walking On The Moon?

The loop is C – Dm – Bb – C (bVII – i – bVI – bVII) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.

What key is Walking On The Moon in?

D minor, at about 144 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Walking On The Moon?

Banana-peel slip: broken chord 8-8-8-8-7, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Walking On The Moon easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.